Open-source AI Markdown Editor v1.4.1 for local LLMs

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-09-03 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity, Portfolio Projects · Level: beginner

Summary

Melvin Vivas released v1.4.1 of his open-source markdown editor. It has AI editing and works with local models through Ollama and LM Studio. This release adds a wide view, puts the chat and outline panels more in view, and fixes bugs.

Key points

• The markdown-editor repo (donvito/markdown-editor) is a lightweight markdown editor with AI editing.
• It works with local LLM runtimes: Ollama and LM Studio.
• v1.4.1 adds a wide view.
• Quality-of-life updates put the chat and outline panels more in view.
• The release includes bug fixes.
• It's a good example of building a small app on top of local models.

Resources mentioned

• donvito/markdown-editor · repo · github.com · free
  A lightweight markdown editor with AI editing that works with Ollama and LM Studio.
  Also in: Melvin Vivas's open-source AI tools, built with Codex (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Markdown Editor v1.4.2: Local AI Editing with Ollama/LM Studio (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Open-Source Markdown Editor with Local and API AI Editing (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)
• Ollama · tool · x.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  Open-source tool for downloading and running LLMs on your own machine with minimal setup.
  Also in: Running LLMs Locally Without an Expensive Rig (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Adding Vercel AI Gateway as a provider in AIBackends with Devin (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Running Qwen3.8-27B Locally on an M5 Max MacBook with Inco Splash (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), AIBackends: An API Layer Between Your App and AI Models (Now with Jev) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 12 more
• LM Studio · tool · x.com · free
  Desktop app for downloading and running LLMs locally, with a developer mode that serves models through an API.
  Also in: Running LLMs Locally Without an Expensive Rig (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Adding Vercel AI Gateway as a provider in AIBackends with Devin (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), LoRA Fine-Tune Qwen3.5-2B on Your Tweets with Unsloth Studio (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), AIBackends: An API Layer Between Your App and AI Models (Now with Jev) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 31 more

Try this

• Try the markdown editor with a local model running in Ollama or LM Studio.
• Build a lightweight AI-assisted writing tool that runs on local LLMs through Ollama or LM Studio.